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AOL Time Warner faces $1bn restructuring bill
News A significant portion of these costs is the result of severance packages to employees after workforce reductions. A further $400m of the total restructuring charge relates to the termination of contracts and leases. [17 May 2001]
Time Warner talks to thwart Microsoft bid?
News and Time Warner have held talks on a deal designed to thwart Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! would acquire Time Warner's AOL in exchange for Time taking a large minority stake in the combined company, according to unidentified sources familiar with the... [05 Mar 2008]
AOL Time Warner introduces staff cuts and stock options
News It is likely that Netscape will become the portal for AOL Time Warner's content, according to company sources. Other cuts include: 600 at Warner Music, 100 at Warner Brothers films, 100 at New Line Cinema, another film production company. [24 Jan 2001]
Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…
News Comcast and Time Warner Cable are looking to help bankroll a new joint venture between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to deliver 4G wireless services, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Comcast, the largest cable operator in the US... [26 Mar 2008]
Google does $1bn AOL deal
News Google will invest $1bn for a five per cent stake in Time Warner's AOL unit as part of a partnership that expands their existing search engine deal to include collaboration on advertising, instant messaging and video. [21 Dec 2005]
AOL: Furious Icahn seeks to kill Google deal
News Billionaire Time Warner shareholder Carl Icahn on Monday warned the media conglomerate's board against making a "disastrous" and "short-sighted" decision. Time Warner and Google have secretly reached a tentative agreement whereby Google would pay... [20 Dec 2005]
AOL snaps up new VP
News Internet behemoth AOL Time Warner has poached one of Commerce One's top executives to head its global strategy. The stuff of Legends: AOL Time Warner moves East http://www.silicon.com/a44861 AOL Time Warner faces $1bn restructuring bill http... [15 Jun 2001]
Google-AOL deal on the cards?
News Google may pay $1bn for a five per cent stake in AOL as part of an exclusive deal with Time Warner that would strengthen ties with the search giant instead of dumping Google for Microsoft. Representatives at AOL, AOL parent company Time Warner and... [19 Dec 2005]
AOL offers freebie email, IM and more
News Time Warner on Wednesday announced it will give away email, software and other web services for free to high-speed internet users in a bid to boost online advertising sales. Time Warner president and chief operating officer Jeff Bewkes said: "This... [03 Aug 2006]
Sun sues Microsoft for $1bn over Java
News In a similar move AOL Time Warner issued a lawsuit in January. Both companies have long-standing grievances with Microsoft - Sun over Java and AOL Time Warner over what it saw as Microsoft's bullying tactics in the mid-1990s' browser war when... [11 Mar 2002]
Microsoft Judge: 'Why harsher punishments were discounted'
News AOL Time Warner, another traditional Microsoft adversary, gave a more tempered response to the decision. Judge Kollar-Kotelly made a weak settlement stronger, and created some additional protections for consumer choice and competition," said AOL... [04 Nov 2002]
Disney splashes $7.4bn on Pixar buy
News New Yorker media writer Ken Auletta, who has followed Disney for many years, compared the deal to Time Warner's merger with AOL. Both Disney and Time Warner represent venerable media companies that stumbled as their businesses went high tech, and... [25 Jan 2006]
AT&T and AOL set to agree truce?
News The relationship between AT&T and AOL Time Warner - which has become increasingly strained over recent months - could soon be back on a happier footing. The two companies are currently involved in Time Warner Entertainment (TWE), but AOL Time... [30 Jul 2002]
AOL laid low by hackers, again
News AOL Time Warner faces $1bn restructuring bill http://www.silicon.com/a44464 AOL has admitted its ICQ instant messaging servers have been hacked for the second time in five months. ICQ users were greeted with a taunting message to systems... [28 Jun 2001]
AOL slumps as US markets continue recovery
News US markets continued their march towards recovery overnight, but AOL Time Warner took a heavy knock in after hours trading. Technology companies including Dell, Oracle and Intel put in good performances, pushing the Nasdaq into the green by five... [25 Sep 2001]
